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(tăn) 
v., tanned, tan·ning, tans. v.tr.
To become brown or tawny from exposure to sun.
n.
v., tanned, tan·ning, tans. v.tr.
- To convert (hide) into leather, as by treating with tannin.
- To make brown by exposure to the sun.
- Informal. To thrash; beat.
To become brown or tawny from exposure to sun.
n.
- A light or moderate yellowish brown to brownish orange.
- The brown color that sun rays impart to the skin.
- Tanbark.
- Tannin.
- A solution derived from tannin.
- Light or moderate yellowish-brown to brownish-orange.
- Having a suntan.
- Used in or relating to tanning.
[Middle English tannen, from Old English *tannian, from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum, tanbark, probably of Celtic origin.]
tannish tan'nish adj.
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mod. alcohol intoxicated. (Preserved like a tanned hide of an animal.) Tom is too tanned to drive. Get him out of that car.
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IN BRIEF: n. - A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun.
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verb
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to tan (someone's) hide, also simply to tan (a person, their backside, etc.): to thrash soundly, esp. on the buttocks, esp. as a punishment. (c.1670 —) .
M. Gee If you lock this door I'll tan your bum (1985).
verb
to tan (someone's) hide, also simply to tan (a person, their backside, etc.): to thrash soundly, esp. on the buttocks, esp. as a punishment. (c.1670 —) .
M. Gee If you lock this door I'll tan your bum (1985).
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abbr. for tangent (def. 1).
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